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Metro Money: Coney Island, Beyond the Boardwalk

The Beachfront Is Enjoying a Renaissance. But What About the Surrounding Neighborhood?

By

Anne Kadet

Nov. 21, 2014 4:34 p.m. ET

Jim and Angie Haprian of Akron, Ohio, aren’t your typical tourists. After a stroll along the Coney Island boardwalk earlier this month, the couple decided to venture into the peninsula’s interior—a section seldom seen by outsiders.